Top Gear

Top Gear 1978

★ 8.0TMDB 0h 59min 45 seasons Creator: Derek Smith

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

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1S1·E1 Stig Outruns a Speed CameraJul 13, 1978The big holiday rush begins this weekend and many drivers plan to travel through Friday night. How dangerous is this practice? What are the stress factors and what are…2S1·E2 A Bus Jumps Not-Very-Many MotorbikesJul 20, 1978The training of a British police driver is said to be the best in the world, but what makes it so good? Angela becomes a pupil of the Police Training Centre at Hendon…3S1·E3 Grannies Do DonutsJul 27, 1978The MOT test continues to be controversial. Is the interpretation consistent from station to station and does the motorist get a fair deal? Angela makes a comparison…4S1·E4 Episode 4Aug 3, 1978Tonight Angela Rippon reports from Northern Ireland where to park your car can cost £600, a taxi fare is cheaper than a bus ride and where you are twice as likely to be…5S1·E5 The Team Turns a Rover 800 Into a Bond CarAug 10, 1978Tonight Angela Rippon climbs into the cab to report on the latest situation about tachographs in lorries. Colin Chapman talks to Barrie Gill about this season's Formula…6S1·E6 The Grannies Learn How to Handbrake ParkAug 17, 1978Angela attends the finals of a nationwide search to find a girl rally driver who can take her place beside international stars Roger Clark and Russell Brookes.…7S1·E7 The Team Finds the Fastest FaithAug 24, 1978Traffic jams make the headlines almost every weekend of the summer. When the cause is an accident, the emergency services often have difficulty getting to the scene and…8S1·E8 Gambon Corner Gets Its NameAug 31, 1978Every year a quarter of a million people go to Le Mans to watch this premier sports car race in the international calendar. This year Top Gear cameras followed the…9S1·E9 The Stripped-Out Jaguar XJSSep 7, 1978Top Gear invited international teams of four-wheel-drive vehicles to decide who is King of the Country. Could cross-country cars from the US, France, Japan or Russia…10S1·E10 The Team Finds Out the Fastest Faith - AgainSep 14, 1978Brum revs up for the Motor Show. The largest Motor Show ever held in Britain opens its doors in five weeks' time at the National Exhibition Centre, near Birmingham.…

Cast

William Woollard
William Woollard Self - Host
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson Presenter
C
Chris Goffey Self - Host
Tiff Needell
Tiff Needell Self - Host
S
Sue Baker Self - Host
F
Frank Page Self - Host
Quentin Willson
Quentin Willson Self - Host
T
Tony Mason Self - Host
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Vicki Butler-Henderson Self - Presenter
Jason Barlow
Jason Barlow Self - Presenter
Adrian Simpson
Adrian Simpson Self - Host
S
Steve Berry Self - Host
Noel Edmonds
Noel Edmonds Self
Angela Rippon
Angela Rippon Self - Host
T
Tom Boswell Self - Host
B
Beki Adam Self - Host
J
Judith Jackson Self - Host
B
Barrie Gill Self - Host

Crew

Creator
Derek Smith

Details

First air date
Jul 13, 1978
Last air date
Aug 2, 2009
Seasons
45
Episodes
530
Network
BBC Two
Status
Ended
Studios
BBC
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English

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